Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Depicts Black Double Consciousness (Spoilers)

I would venture to say that no Black person has ever used the term “doppelgänger” in casual conversation. Yet, virtually every mainstream review of Jordan Peele’s Us centers the German term, meaning “double goer” or non-biological twin. A few reviews mention the Du Boisian concept of “double consciousness” or “twoness,” but only as a passing reference. …